I think it's about time that the boards of Wakefield & Castleford sat down and discussed sharing a stadium.



Surely the positive's must heavily outweigh the negative's.



I despise Castleford as much as most people, but i also think that for the future of both clubs, 1 stadium to seat 20,000+ is the answer.



We can argue all day about where the ground should be located & what it should be called. but I'm sorry to say that i can't see either club getting it's new home underway in time for 2010.



Wakefield council don't seem to have the money or motivation for this project.

oh dear god, here we go!

Yawn!

here we go again with posters saying here we go again or using smiles as a direct response

to the questions

. i dont know what side of fence im sitting on only that the first post gives a more reasoned argument then the next 2 combined.



i don't want to merge lets get that straight but my main concern is that WTW survive .

As an outsider I would agree it is something that could be looked into, but can understand why fans of both clubs would be dead against it and can see the possible problems it could cause in that sense.



But also with the fact that both clubs are making progress (albeit slow but steady progress) would having to go back to the drawing board at this stage help at all? Surely it would reduce the chances of anything being in place by the next round of franchises?

Do you really mean that or are they just local rivals who you like to get one up on.



FWIW I don't think you would find a more suitable location than Newmarket for a ground share. Cas were obviously given the opportunity and refused but if they had joined in with us then I would not have had a problem with it.



Anyhow Cas are insecure and the thought of leaving Cas is a non starter for them. They think they can deliver at Glasshougton so they must be left to get on with it.

unless both parties trows its self behind 1 project

Despise in a friendly Rugby League sort of way.

Where would the stadium be?



Castleford have put so much time, effort and money into the Glasshoughton project so i suggest it be there with the wildcats paying rent, no thought not.



Or even



Both teams build there own stadia 5 miles apart, we are not AC/Inter Milan we are 2 different places within 1 district, lets stay that way.



Does it really matter how close the stadiums are?? Dundees stadium are about 40 yards apart and its never bothered them.



Lets just build our own stadiums and then we will have 2 state of the art facilities close together, thats will begood for the local economy.

We need to get real, 2 state of the art stadiums, built for the same purpose within 10-15 min's of each other - It's not good business sense.

Even then though with the time it takes to secure the land, plans, planning permission etc etc I struggle to see how it would be of benefit for the 2012 applications.

I agree.



Against a ground share personally. The RFL are looking to expand the game and perhaps won’t be particularly happy about two sides operating out of the same stadium.



If, as some suggest, Cas and Wakefield have no chance of getting their individual stadiums started by 2010 then surly the same would apply to building a joint 20K stadium.



People may not like it but the issue is the location, anywhere else but Cas and their fans will see it as being in Wakefield, and Glasshoughton is very much in Castleford so Wakefield fans will not be happy about supporting their side there.



If there was to be a ground share at either of the two locations then one club would become dominant and with that a merger would be on the cards.



With the access roads Normanton would be the best place to locate a joint stadium but too much time, effort and money has been placed on the two proposed sites and I really think it’s too late to start all over again from scratch.